Paul: ‘I can beat the president’ at bowling

Sen. Rand Paul admits he’s not a “great” bowler, but the Kentucky Republican tells ITK he thinks he could beat President Obama.

Paul recently told us that the soccer trainer for one of his sons also serves as a bowling coach. The Paul family can often be found hitting the lanes, sans the lawmaker’s spouse, Kelley.

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“My wife’s not much for the bowling alley,” he says.

When we inquired how Paul would rate his bowling game, he replied, “I think I can beat the president. You remember the stories about him bowling?”

During a campaign stop in Pennsylvania in 2008, then-Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) bowled a ridicule-worthy 37 over 7 frames. Hillary Clinton, vying for the top spot on the Democratic ticket at the time, quipped during an April Fools' Day press conference that she was challenging Obama to a “bowl-off” and would even “spot him two frames.”

“He wasn’t the best of bowlers,” Paul said of the commander in chief, with a slight chuckle.

“Nah, I’m average,” Paul, 51, added upon further reflection of his own bowling alley prowess. “Good enough to not be bad, but not good enough to be great.”